Psychiatry Changes for 2013(June 2013)

Why This Topic Matters

Psychiatry services were significantly revised for 2013, so accurate reporting depends on understanding which CPT psychiatry options were deleted, added, or revised, and how they relate to E/M services and add-on reporting.

Article Sections

1. Psychiatric Diagnostic Procedures

   Introduces the 2013 changes affecting psychiatric diagnostic reporting and the broader relationship between diagnostic psychiatry services and E/M services.

2. Coding Tip

   Provides brief guidance related to repeat diagnostic evaluations and same-day service reporting considerations.

3. Psychotherapy

   Describes the streamlined psychotherapy reporting structure for 2013 and its relationship to same-day E/M services and time-based reporting.

4. Coding Tip

   Summarizes timing concepts that apply to the psychotherapy codes and the revised unit-of-service structure.

5. Interactive Complexity

   Explains the addition of a new psychiatry add-on concept and the general communication factors associated with it.

6. Psychotherapy for Crisis

   Covers the crisis psychotherapy reporting category and its place within the 2013 psychiatry update.

7. Other Psychiatric Services or Procedures

   Addresses other psychiatry services affected by the 2013 revisions, including pharmacologic management reporting and related add-on use.

8. Coding Tip

   Highlights general add-on code principles within the psychiatry section and summarizes the categories of add-on reporting addressed in the article.